Don Martin, creative director of Metro
Galleries, hangs up “Indian With a School of
Fish,” an acrylic piece by Alberto Herrera,
for a past Latination juried art exhibit.

“So I put it out there and had so
many people call, email me or when
they would see me, they would say,
‘You can’t stop it, you have to keep it
going.’”
Martin is glad he listened to those
pleas. The message and cultural celebration that Latination encourages is
starting to spread across the country.
“Every year, the art gets better and
with the advent of marketing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, I am getting art (submissions) from all over
California and now from New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” Martin
said. “Yes, the event is here in Bakersfield, but people from all over are starting to participate.”
Latination will be in full swing from
5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 5 at Metro Galleries,
1604 19th St., with music by Mento
Buru and free Mexican food and a nohost bar by El Pueblo Restaurant.
Disclosure: Miranda Whitworth was
on the community judging panel for
Latination in 2013.